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Sunday, January 4, 2009

Sunday, January 4, 2009

I can see that I'm going to have to be a lot more specific with Sunday Sweet Assignments: giving you guys free rein on the Fantasy theme has resulted in hundreds (and hundreds) of submissions. Don't get me wrong: I LOVE that you guys are responding so, er, enthusiastically, but I'm going to have to narrow down the criteria in the future.

Since I've got so much good stuff to share with you, I'm going to break it up into categories. Today's feature will be dragons and unicorns. Tune in next week for Fairies & Castles.

Yeah, I thought that was a marinara fountain also, but when I linked to the flickr site I discovered it was a ketchup fountain. They also had a mustard fountain! The dragon cake is beautiful, but how do these cakes taste? The inside didn't look very appetizing.

I really loved the dragon cakes. I tried to post a picture of my retirement cake (made by a fellow reference librarian) but couldn't get it to post. It was not as professional, but it was covered with scales. I totally loved it.

They are all amazing, and I'll admit my knowledge of mystical creatures is limited, but do unicorns have split hooves like a goat? I'd have thought more like horses hooves! They are all beautiful, though, and I'd never be able to cut one up.Nancy

The real gamer give away for that first dragon cake isn't the corn dogs and other food, though those are good indicators. Rather, notice the erasable map board that the dragon is lying upon - only a gamer would own one of those.

I wonder if any of the dragons have a maiden or knight inside, exposed whenever you cut it open.

I LOVE the wrecks (of course!) and also the super fantastic cakes, like on this post. I think it would be cool if you also did a post on just how these "super cakes" are constructed, since they are in theory 100% edible. Like that dragon -- what's in the neck, is that white chocolate?

So yeah... a little background on how the heck those amazing cakes are being pulled off without being 99% frosting... that would be cool!

I adore the 'dragon in a tutu' cake, because I think it's based on the range of toys from my childhood that I used to LOVE. Pocket dragons were awesome, and if that is a recent cake I'm glad there are other people who remember them too!

These are the most beautiful cakes I've ever seen! It would be such a shame to cut them up and eat them! I especially love the "Captive Unicorn"...I am VERY familiar with that tapestry....I tried to do some embroidery based on a part of it once!

Those were amazing and beautiful! And looked darn tasty too, if I could bring myself to slice something that pretty up. And to "anonymous"--the older unicorn legends describe them as awfully goatlike with cloven hooves, beards, and that weird tail with a tuft. It's more modern ideas that have them completely horsey.

Ooohh, if only I were rich! I'm not a fan of dragons, but Andy is currently obsessed with dragons and monsters. Oh well, he'll have to settle for whatever I can manufacture myself this year. I'm going to try to duplicate the pink "Pet Chopz" kitty on a cake for him. We'll see how it turns out. I do okay with basic shapes....

This is mind-blowing. I have the "Unicorn in captivity" poster right on my wall, and to see it as a cake is just so amazing. All I have to do is lift my gaze and there is the poster..and there is the cake..and there is the poster...

I am a role playing gamer! Those dragon cakes are truly beautiful and impressive. I have to tell you...I hate hot pockets. I also hate those awful pizza rolls. Corndogs good, fried cheese sticks good...there's always the raw veggies for the diabetic guy, and a bag of gummy bears that we use as enemies and consume when we defeat them...and when we have the session at my house, I like to put some fries or tater tots in the oven. Crap, now I'm hungry.

Cheetos, Doritos, or anything "itos" are of course the most classic gaming food. Sodas, strong coffee, and/or Red Bull are also present.

I loved all the cakes, but as a major Anne Mc. fan I have to agree with Ali- that is so Ramoth, I want that cake for my bday.(hm... my sister reads this blog.. and makes cakes) Ellie? I want this for my bday (not that I didn't love last year's coach purse)

The original reason for Sunday Sweets was that Jen needed a break from the daily grind of writing posts, sorting through literally hundreds of submissions and e-mails a day, and trying to run my company as well. Since readership was pretty low on Sundays, she figured she'd give it a shot. Oddly enough, everyone totally dug it and Sunday Sweets was born.

So, yeah the wrecks are great. And no, its really not much of a break for Jen since she now puts as much if not more effort into writing for Sundays, but hey, we're just going with the flow here. If it really bugs you, maybe you could take a break on Sundays too and check back Monday for your daily dose of Wreckitudinalness.

For my next birthday, I want my cake to be a Pocket Dragon with a tutu.

You know the problem with the red dragon clutching a twenty-sided die atop a grid map? All the party guests will be forced to pull out a character sheet, roll up a fifth level fighter and play a round of D&D before they get to eat. They'll either die of starvation or stuff themselves on cheese doodles and cola before the cake finally gets cut. Hmm, I hope the fondant lasts that long.

I'm ashamed to say I know this, but the dragon is definitely for some Dungeons and Dragons role players. The graph paper and dice give it away. My husband is one of those nerds, yes. Thanks for the daily humor!

I love the unicorn cake based on the tapestry! I'm not into fantastical creatures too much, but my daughter watches Disney's Little Einseins and this was one of the pieces of art used for a show last year. So, i had actually seen it before!

BTW, usually you're pretty good about things like this, but the word is rein when you're talking about giving free rein, not reign. As in horsies. We depend on you being able to keep our cakes grammatically correct!

Sorry to post s late on this, but I was just looking at Mike's Amazing Cakes website and realized in looking at his picture that I've seen him on the Food Network in some of the Food Challenges, for cakes, obviously. I can't remember if he won, though. It looks like he may need more time than what he's usually given on there to create the beauties on his website.

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